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Finding Innovation in Failure: The How-To's of Creating Change
But his point was this: Great opportunity lies in turning what seems negative into something positive.
I tried the idea on for size in a very small way once when I was fundraising. I decided that I was going to do my absolute best to get ten people to tell me turn me down. And a really strange thing happened - it became a game. Every "no" became a success and a line crossed off my to-do list. As it turns out I didn't even need to get to ten "no's." Though I certainly approached more than ten people, many of them said "yes!" and we ended up having more than enough resources for our event.
Years have passed and, embarrassingly enough, I'd completely forgotten about how helpful I had found this advice. But now it seems like it could be a useful strategy to accomplishing some of the ideas presented on innovation.
When I look at the list of ideas for innovation I'm inspired for sure, but also a bit overwhelmed. There are so many great ideas, but HOW can I put them to use?
I'd love to hear about other strategies for how to go about creating social innovation. How can we use these ideas and translate them into tangible action?
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Comment by Deborah Cazden on March 6, 2010 at 7:53pm
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Very interesting idea. Sounds like reverse psychology :-)
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Comment by Jenn on March 6, 2010 at 8:07pm
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You're totally right, Deborah! Maybe we can all trick ourselves into having fun doing the hard stuff. :)
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Comment by Raymond M. Kristiansen on March 7, 2010 at 4:50am
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The HOW is the big question. The big question staring us in the eyes.
So many wonderful words and phrases. So much truth, in theory, and also some amazing success stories. Inspiring case studies, etcetc.
Concrete tools for applying those things is what interests me, along with - of course - discussions about all the words, and sharing words, wordy words, and more words. Ideas that can inspire.
Tandem between inspiration and actual work. Wave pattern. Weave the pattern, threads of blue and red. :)
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That's a good point, Raymond. I often overlook the power inherent in words and want to rush forward into action. Inspiration takes time and to do things right we need to stop and think, read about how others have gone before us, and plan a course of action. Plus I suppose that's the entire point of this "mission." I'm excited to see how Evoke can move this forward into tangible outcomes.
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Comment by Andrew Perry on March 9, 2010 at 8:23am
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Let's continue this thread of tangible outcomes...maybe something will gel. Keep me posted!
I'll continue working from my side.
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Comment by Catherine Gentry on March 26, 2010 at 7:25pm
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Your article reminded me--we must alway ourselves to fail--otherwise we may we too afraid to ever try anything grand and thus greatly change our future and our world.
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Comment by Nicholas Nagao on March 26, 2010 at 7:39pm
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Wow, one of the coolest ideas I've come across. Thank you for sharing it, I'm going to try it today! Great design to your blog too by the way, the image right as you get here is perfect, and the balance the other image gives the page is nice!
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